Maine community development leader joins two peers to create a guide for CDFIs to apply greenhouse gas accounting methodology from Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF)
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Bub ‘n Mutha’s Wins Downeast Business Bootcamp Pitch Off
April 6, 2022 (Ellsworth, ME) – Founder John Fuhrman of Bub ‘n Mutha’s in Winter Harbor took home the judge’s prize for top contender in the second annual Downeast Business Bootcamp Pitch Off held on March 25th.
CEI Women’s Business Center Launches Portland Office to Serve Southern Maine’s Diverse Female Entrepreneurs
Caption: Sarah Guerette, Director, CEI Women’s Business Centers; Diane Sturgeon, District Director for the Maine District Office, U.S. Small Business Administration; Betsy Biemann, CEO, Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI); Grace Mo-Phillips, Program Director, CEI Women’s Business Center South celebrate the grand opening of the CEI Women’s Business Center South at CEI’s office at the Marine Trade Center in Portland, Maine. March 15, 2022 (Portland, ME) – The CEI Women’s Business Center (WBC) announces the grand opening of the CEI Women’s Business Center South (CEI WBC South), CEI’s third center focused on female and femme/feminine-identifying entrepreneurs* who want to start or grow their own business in Maine.
Good Jobs as a Stepping Stone to an Equitable Economic Future
The CEI Good Jobs Framework The pandemic jolted the U.S. economy, which today is 5.7 million jobs smaller in size than at its peak in February 2020. Employers are recruiting and retaining workers in a changed landscape, where in addition to the virus, the quality of jobs is driving decisions to stay at or return to a place of employment.
Investing in Culturally Sensitive Medical Care: How Mission-Based Financing Fills a Gap
Community development financial institutions helped develop financing solutions for healthcare facilities in rural America.
Testimony in support of LD 1626, An Act Implementing the Recommendations of the Task Force on Changes to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Implementing Act
2/15/2022
Applications Now Open for CEI’s Child Care Business Lab
Training for people who want to start a child care business in rural Maine
Sea Meadow Marine Foundation Acquires Yarmouth Boatyard to Launch its Mission of Waterfronts that Work with assistance from CEI
(December 17, 2021) Yarmouth, Maine
CEI Releases 2021 Impact Report: Helping Entrepreneurs Build Pandemic-Resilient Businesses, Growing 400+ Jobs
November 18, 2021 – Brunswick, Maine — Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI) reported its 2021 impact, a look at how its combined economic development tools—business financing and advice, financial coaching and policy advocacy—helped entrepreneurs like Sara Rademaker of American Unagi in Waldoboro, Leslie Clark of Portland Recovery Community Center, Miranda Taylor of Taylor’s Tots in Canton, and Tawnya Clough of Mosher Seafood in Farmington, launch and grow their businesses through the myriad of challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Purchase Power! CEI Women’s Business Center Launches Maine Women’s Business List
The first directory of Maine-built, woman owned businesses publishes just in time for the holiday shopping and sourcing season